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Jeez, if I ever went on holiday to Japan with my brother (hes an anime/manga nut, much more so than me) I hate to think how much stuff we'd come back, him with about EVERYTHING and me with Spice and Wolf bits. We'd need an extra briefcase!

If anyone else sees any more of these mugs going cheap, preferably somewhere reliable/I can actually read the website, then let me know

PS. Wish someone would release a translated ROM of the DS games. I'd play 'em if I could read them! Although Im not sure what type of games they are haha

Just found this, apparently it comes from one of the games, its actually kinda sweet if you read the translation, it'd apparently sung by Holo's seiyuu, and is definately from Holo's point of view (the apple comment wasn't a give away? )
I'd say the last verse though is kinda the most pointed, if the translation is correct:

"Even on nights when I tremble with uneasiness, if I'm next to you, I'll be fine
Certainly happiness is waiting ahead on this road
So, since I'll be here forever, be kind to me"

Now not sure if the games are canon or whatever, but if they are, I think that says a lot about Holo's affection for Lawrence

The trading card collections on ebay are also pretty sweet, shame most of em are about £100.

Edit: Wow, theres a high doujin/figure:anything else ratio.

Couple of those art book collections too. If theres still some going reasonably priced, even if I cant read the writing, I might buy the artbook for the art come payday, help tide me over til book 2/news of a new season!

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Total Anime watched= Enough. What can I say? I'm a convert...
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PRAY FOR SPICE AND WOLF III and faster Yenpress novel releases!
Reading: Rosario and Vampire II, Sankarea

Really...? Man, I don't know what I was smokin' then! I coulda sworn that I saw some ridiculous prices, but doing a search for the now out of stock Hol(r)o figures... dang, I wish I'd known about it.

I woulda wasted so much money there!

They occassionally have ridiculous prices, but usually still not as ridiculous as eBay.

Additionally, if you're looking to pickup some figure merch on the cheap, you might try MyFigureCollection.Net, they have a sales section as well as a Club where users search out all kinds of deals, and offer figures for cheap at times to make up costs on upcoming figures they've purchased. I've bought from a few users there without issue.

Looks like I was following the wrong tracking number. FedEx just arrived with my package that should contain that book/magazine. I thought it was shipping EMS, turns out the EMS item I was following was actually GSC's Index figure, not the books.

I know!!! I was lucky... I managed to score an unopened one about a week back for 13,000yen... pretty good all things considered!
Of course, ebay and amazon are notorious for artificially elevating prices if an item is "rare" in the West... if you can navigate Japanese or Korean sites, the prices are still a bit expensive but much more reasonable (as a general rule). Heck, just consider the books... for example Okami to Kin no Mugiho is listed for like $70 on ebay but runs for like 3000yen on some Japanese sites and that new artbook that is ~16 pages... on ebay folks want upwards of $40... I got mine for 700yen (granted still more than the original magazine it came with cost, but I didn't know about it until it was too late so...).

No cats or small children right now to make me have to fear for her safety! Just gotta make sure she stays safe when I make my move to where I'll be working/training for the next 5 years!

Ps looking back at that video linked above, the background artwork used is brilliant, Holo looking disinterested/aloof whilst Lawrence is watching, but glancing affectionately when he's not looking. Is so appropriate of thier relationship.

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Total Anime watched= Enough. What can I say? I'm a convert...
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PRAY FOR SPICE AND WOLF III and faster Yenpress novel releases!
Reading: Rosario and Vampire II, Sankarea

I bought it last year in december... I paid it 75 euros lol
But i'm not going to sell it...

"It" what and who from? I have been trying to get my hands on that elusive greenish-brown yunomi for a while now... that is like THE one piece of merchandise I want that I cannot find... excluding a few Holo figures I am still working on getting and a few of those (maybe all) unofficial garage kits... but I can't paint and make them look awesome like I have seen some pics of them done by people so...